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AT&T Expands Microsoft Windows NT and BackOffice Capabilities for Enterprise Computing

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AT&T Global Information Solutions has reached new milestones in its commitment to making Microsoft Windows NT and the BackOffice family of products available for complex enterprise computing environments. As part of this effort, AT&T GIS is working closely with Microsoft to expand the capabilities of Windows NT Server, including the release of SQL Server 6.0 and Windows NT Server 3.5.1. The company is also layering above the core Windows NT operating system various management tools and capabilities that MIS managers require for a robust and reliable distributed enterprise computing environment.

Key Takeaways:

  • AT&T GIS has committed to making extensive enterprise computing capabilities available for the Windows NT Server environment, including transaction services, network and systems management, high availability clustering, application management middleware, and network backup and restore.
  • The company is working with Microsoft to extend the scalability of Windows NT Server on SMP platforms, with improvements evident in the release of SQL Server 6.0 and Windows NT Server 3.5.1.
  • AT&T GIS is delivering or will soon deliver various functionality in the Windows NT environment, including high availability, server management, network and system management, enterprise application capabilities, and storage management.
  • The company has collaborated with Microsoft to achieve improvements in NetBench throughput, with gains of 20-22% on four processors and 13-16% on eight processors.
  • AT&T GIS has achieved a record-setting TPC-B benchmark of 440.98 transactions per second and price/performance of $253.61/tpsB on its Globalyst S40 server, running Microsoft SQLServer 6.0 in a Windows NT Server 3.51 operating environment.

Statistics:

  • 20-22% improvement in NetBench throughput on four processors
  • 13-16% improvement in NetBench throughput on eight processors
  • 440.98 transactions per second on the TPC-B benchmark
  • Price/performance of $253.61/tpsB on the TPC-B benchmark
  • 28% increase in tpcB performance on SQLServer
  • 22% decrease in CPU load on SQLServer

Sources:

  • AT&T Global Information Solutions press release, July 31, 1995
  • Microsoft Corporation and SQLServer are registered trademarks
  • Windows NT is a trademark of Microsoft Corp.
  • Globalyst, OneVision, NetVault, CommVault, and LifeKeeper are trademarks and TOP END is a registered trademark of AT&T.

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